ALROSA Recovers 60-Ct Diamond From Gornoye Alluvial Deposit

(IDEX Online) – ALROSA reports the recovery of a 60.32-carat rough diamond.

The miner said that the octahedron crystal, which is transparent with a yellow hue, was recovered in the Mirny Mining and Processing Division, from the Gornoye alluvial deposit. It is the only plant in Russia that processes rough diamonds recovered by a dredging fleet.

The Gornoye alluvial deposit was discovered in 1956. It is located on the left bank of the Malaya Botuobiya river, 26 km south-east of Mirny.

In 2016, the Mirny Mining and Processing Division produced almost 5.3 million carats of rough diamonds – 21 percent of all rough diamonds mined by the ALROSA Group.